HER ~LIFE ~IN ~A ~NUTSHELL

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[NAOMI'S RESIDENCE]

Naomi lay sprawled on the couch. She wasn't asleep,she wouldn't dare not when there's a lot on her mind already.

Just when she was almost drowned in her thoughts,her phone rang loudly from the bed. She ignored at first,but it kept on ringing loudly,which disturbed her.

She went to the bed and almost smashed the pine when she saw who was calling. A bright smile endowed her lips as she picked.

~Lily?’ She called in a very sweet voice.

~Mommy!!’ Lily screamed from the other end.

~Stop shouting baby' Naomi laughed.

~No…I missed you,so much’ lily said excitedly.

~I did too princess,but mommy's too busy’

~I understand,but you should try calling me at least. Sometimes it feels like I don't have a mom’

~Baby, I'm so sorry okay. I'll start making out time to call you okay?’ Naomi said but go no reply from lily.

~Lily? Are you hearing me?’

~Yh…I went to attend to nanny,she tripped on the staircase’

~Oh okay…mommy is sorry. Hm?’

~You always say this,I don't even know what to believe’

~I mean it this time baby. I'm sorry. And can you stop acting like my mom? You're give for crying out loud lily’ Noami said,half scolding and half amused.

~Eish,so what if I'm five? I'm smarter than children of my age you know,even granny says so’

~Oh really? Then you took after me’ Naomi’s hearty laugh came out,showing off her beautiful teeth.

~I don't think so,I must take after my dad. Don't you think?’

As soon as she said dad,the laugh died from naomi's mouth and her expression turned into something undecipherable.

She couldn't reply lily.

~Mummy…?’

~Yeah lily….mommy has to go now,bye bye baby and tell Nanny I said she should look after you well's

She hung up without waiting for Lily's reply.

She dropped on the bed,shutting her eyes and inhaling the air.

She looks mentally stressed,and she needs rest. Alot of ‘em. Soon,her eyes went shut, drifting into the darkness.

Few moments into her sleep,the air suddenly shifted. The air turned colder and the lights went off. A shadow walked towards Naomi on her bed.

Lewiston.

He took calm and dangerously slow steps towards Naomi,his gun playing on his hand.

His eyes were red and veins were threatening to burst out of his skin. Face void of emotion,lips curled in the most wicked and dirtiest smirk ever.

He finally got to her,raised his gun,fingers pressing on the damn trigger,ready to send Naomi to the afterlife.

But fate had other plans.

As he made to pull the trigger,Naomi swiftly brought a sharp dagger,stabbing lewis in the tummy deeply with it. She made sure it went deep,really deep.

Blood sprayed the floor and Lewiston’s gun fell from his hand to the bloody floor.

Naomi didn't bother removing the dagger from his tummy, she left it there and smartly took the gun from the floor,making blood stain her fingers.

She released two dangerous bullets. One,in Lewiston's arm and the second one on his lap.

Lewis groaned painfully,falling in his own pool of blood.

Naomi chuckled like a psycho. Clicking her tongue and checking out the gun.

“Who should have thought the Almighty Carl Lewiston would be in my bedroom,laying in his own pool of blood?” She spoke up,her voice carrying an heavy weight of venom and hatred.

Lewiston wasn't surprised when she guessed he was the one even with the mask. It was naomi after all. He removed the mask,and his face came to view.

“Shit!” Lewis cursed.

“May I know why you payed a visit to your doom tonight sure?”

“Why?” Lewis muttered painfully on the floor. He was loosing a lot of blood already and his eyes where becoming drowsy.

“What?” Naomi questioned,looking so out of it already.

“You had a baby?, right NAMI?” Lewiston threw the unexpected question at her. He watched her reaction carefully waiting to grasp any weird reaction.

But….,

He got nothing,her face was as blank as a white paper.

“What nonsense are sprouting,Carl? Did you forget to visit your therapist before coming back to Australia?” Naomi asked calmly. Though,her mind was in turmoil. She was so disorganized inside,but she'd rather drink acid than show lewiston what he wanted to see.

“I FUCKIN ASKED YOU IF YOU HAD A DAMN BABY!!” Lewis suddenly yelled,the sound almost bringing the roof down.

Even Naomi was startled at his sudden reaction. He looked insane now,with this bloody arm,lap and stomach.

He was already standing weakly on his feet, his face was now much more red, and the calmness wasn't there anymore. It was replaced with bloodthirstiness. He was thirsty,...for blood.

Naomi's blood.

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[A small town]

Every part of this town screamed danger. It was eerily quiet,void of any living being.

The air was extremely cold. The wind was howling.

Snakes played on trees and in the grass. There was so many of ‘em here.

A man without a face came to view,he had a cloak on. Skin battered and gray. His lips were chapped and his eyes were sunken.

He had machete and a paper and a burner phone which held tightly.

He walked till he got to an old abandoned house,cracked walls, tattered roofs with cobwebs surrounding everywhere.

Not minding all this,he entered the house and clicked on a number on the phone.

It rang only once before a voice came through.

“Hello, Nanny perilla speaking from London. Who are you?”

“Naomi Cindy Alessandro,Lily her daughter,five years old,poison ….bring her corpse to.australia” The unknown simply said in his fabricated voice before hanged up.

[London•Lily’s House]

“What the fuck just happened?” Perilla asked herself.

She was so confused,who was that?. No one knew of naomi's child except alessandro,Bianca,Beauty(naomi's partner in crime. And she currently wasn't around) and she herself.

So who was that man or woman?

She'd have to report this to Naomi herself.

Just then she got a text.

~No.human must hear about this or you're risking you crippled daughter's life!.

Came the warning…perilla swallowed on nothing.

Her palms turned cold.

[NAOMI'S RESIDENCE]

Naomi wasn't standing anymore,rather she was inside the bathroom, helping lewiston to wash the blood off his body.

After he yelled earlier,he suddenly passed out.

Naomi had no other choice than to help him and here she was.

Treating her enemy.

She had helped him remove the bullets and she already treated his stabbed tummy.

She helped him to her bed and layed him there,she gave him a little glance.

With a sgh,she went to seat on the couch, throwing her head to the back.

A scene flashed in her head.

*FIVE•YEARS•AGO* Amusement Park*

Naomi had been feeling eyes on she and lewiston for a while but she decided to ignore it,thinking it was just her silly thought.

But then,the feeling of being watched came again,this time it was stronger. She held Lewiston as if he was going to disappear. She wanted to tell him but she didn't know how to considering the fact that she was the one that said they should go out.

Unable to bear it ,she told lewis to wait for her.

“Where to NAMI? You know I hate it when you go anywhere alone” he said worriedly.

“I just wanna use the toilet, I'd be back in a jiffy” she said and walked away without looking back.

*END•OF•FLASH•BACK*

‘what if you didn't leave that day Cindy?would things have been different?’ She questioned herself.

She checked the time and it was 10:pm.

She stood up,grabbing a hoodie. She slipped it on and left the bedroom going to the kitchen.

She entered the kitchen,wanting to make a warm coffee for lewiston.

Within a few minutes,she was done. She carried the cup of warm coffee into her bedroom.

But the bed was empty.

Lewiston wasn't there anymore. She glanced at the window,he must have left through there.

She sighed.

[Next Morning-Airport]

The plane landed.

After about 30minutes,a broad muscular man stepped out.

Tailored Suit- check

Well brushed hair- check

Hot face- check

Everything about him was screaming money!

Guards were already stationed,waiting for him as he alighted.

He inhaled the air of Australia and grinned.

“No place like Home”. He said.

“Welcome back young master Gerard” the guards bowed as soon as he took the last step.

“Look who we have here,it's the moody saviour” he commented jovially.

“Welcome back sir,and thanks for your compliment” Saviour replied.

Gerard didn't say anymore more words and just followed the guards to the already waiting car.

They all entered and the drive home began.

[N•M•C Library]

Naomi wasn't around,she went to a meeting,leaving everything in the care of caramel and Silas.

The air was heavy around them.

Caramel looked like she was going to explode anytime soon with the way she was glaring at the staffs and also looking at Silas.

Silas however was too into his own mind to notice caramel’s grumpiness.

He found himself on his bed when he got home but he didn't remember how he got there. The only person that knew his address was caramel and Naomi. But there was no way on earth she'd take him home after what happened between them.

So who the hell took him back?

He was still thinkimg deeply when caramel suddenly turned to him.

He was taken aback but didn't say anything to her.

He waited for her to say something,but she didn't.

She only glared at him as if he was owing her.

“What did I do now caramel? You can't just be acting grumpy when I did nothing wrong right?” He asked,already fed up of the way she was behaving.

“JERK” she cursed,turning her back on him and walking out.

“What just happened?” He asked no one in particular.

Meanwhile…..

At a corner,the gurl from last night who took Silas home,came out from the wall where she was hiding.

[ Lewiston Residence ]

A doctor was tending to Lewis inide his bedroom.

It was painful asf.

Fuck! Naomi got more dangerous.

Hot too.

He fucked like a sick maniac before groaning in pain again as the doctor helped his stitch up his wound.

[Writer's Association]

Naomi was on a hot seat.

The air was tense as many writer's from across the world gathered here.

The top writer (Naomi) was facing some troubling challenges and she really wanted to get out of here before she dies.

“Miss Cindy,I want to ask about how you plan to prepare for the two month’s time publications of books” One said.

“I suppose that's my own problem,right?” Naomi fires back.

“Miss Cindy,you should think about your fans. They've been laying low all this while and now you wanna ….”

“They're laying low coz I asked them to?” Naomi's said sharply.

And like that,complains, questions,problems were discussed.

Naomi spent over 3hours there and she was already tired.

She walked to the parking lot, and slid into her car.

Placing her hand on the steering,her phone buzzed with an incoming text.

She checked and it was a text from Gerard,and it went thus;

~Fiancee is back,baby Cindy. You missed me didn't you? It was hellish out there without you.